The Max Level Hero Has Returned!
chapter-720

The outside was engulfed in silence.

All of the members of Japan’s Awakened Union, who proudly and arrogantly got themselves involved in this battle, were left devastated after witnessing the Malicious Spirit devour Kouna, who was their hidden card.

Meanwhile, Al Hajat couldn't help but feel worried after Davey willingly leaped into Olga's mouth and into its stomach. But the fairy-like little girl with silver-blue hair was not taking the matter seriously. She was still playing around with the sand on the ground, even after her master, Davey, had gone into the stomach of a Malicious Spirit.

“Excuse me,” Al Hajat, who could not erase the anxiety and nervousness, called out to Rinne.

Rinne pried her attention from her sand castle, turning to look at Al Hajat with her head tilted.

“Is this really alright?”

She looked at Al Hajat for a moment before she nodded and said, “Rinne has judged Master Davey to be a very cautious and meticulous person. Master Davey is not the type of person who will recklessly do something and die.”

“What you mean is…”

“Rinne assumes that Master Davey has a reason for acting that way. Rinne’s task is to prevent the enemy from running wild.”

Wasn’t she being a little too carefree, given that her task was to prevent the Malicious Spirit from running wild?

“But… Right now, you…”

Rinne immediately raised her hand and stopped Al Hajat from speaking any further.

“Rinne is currently working on something very important at the moment. Rinne rates this distraction very lowly.”

Al Hajat wanted to ask if building sand castles was the very important thing she was working on, but he kept the question to himself and remained silent.

Thud!!!

Olga’s body, which had broken through the ground, began to move, causing everyone to look terrified.

A Malicious Spirit was akin to a disaster. Although they managed to kill Garglax, the weakest one among the Twelve Malicious Spirits, they were only able to succeed after countless attempts. On top of that, they also did it with the help of high-ranking NPCs.

But Olga, the Malicious Spirit in front of them, was a terrifying monster that was leagues above Garglax. With just a simple glance, they could already tell what its level was. Not only that, but even after its whole body had been burned to a crisp, it possessed a deep well of life force that made its death impossible.

In actuality, Olga's body was simply too massive, so burning a small portion of it was not enough to cause its death. But the people were unaware of this, leading them to believe that its life force was simply so deep and vast that it could already be considered immortal.

On top of that, Olga also ceaselessly emitted smoke that carried deadly viruses and bacteria. As a matter of fact, the smoke it spewed out earlier, which had disease-causing germs, had already spread and filled some parts of itself. Rinne and Al Hajat would’ve already died with just a single whiff of the smoke had they been ordinary people. That was how lethal it was.

Such a monster was in front of them, but the girl before Al Hajat was acting as if everything was fine and dandy.

Al Hajat gulped dryly when he saw Olga’s charred body begin to move.

Rinne, who had just finished putting the last piece of decoration on her sandcastle, finally stood up. After shaking off the sand in her hands, particles of light appeared and spun around her white arms. Then the particles of light disappeared shortly after, revealing a huge piece of equipment mounted on the back of her hand.

“Rinne, charging complete. Shifting to combat mode. Equipping Light Saber and Mankind’s Savior. Chances of extermination, estimated at 89.92 percent,” Rinne murmured as she closed her eyes.

When she opened her eyes, letters quickly appeared and spun in her blue eyes. Then, as if she were aiming at something, a target symbol materialized and floated in front of her. At the same time, a mysterious voice rang in everyone’s ears.

[Elder Brain Rinne, issuing command. Decepticon Fleet, Avengers Squadron, prepare to annihilate the enemy.]

As soon as the voice disappeared, Rinne threw several cubes in the air.

Whiiiiiir!!!

The first to appear was a gigantic humanoid-type golem, which immediately began to operate the massive drill and circular saw in its hands.

Boom!!!

As if to declare the beginning of the battle, a light bullet burst from a distance, spreading the freezing air toward where the smoke had dispersed.

The tactic that they were using was freezing and burning. They fired multiple fire and ice bombs, causing rapid changes in temperature. This made the smoke seem like it had lost its potency, and it didn't take long before it eventually faded away. Changing temperature was the only weakness of disease-causing viruses, bacteria, and germs. It was a very simple strategy, but it was very effective.

Clang!!!

After that, Megatron and Doom, which were made by Tiara, charged forward. Rinne, who released her wings and flew right behind them, pulled out her lightsaber.

“Begin annihilation.”

***

“Cough… Cough, cough, cough…”

Kouna had already grown extremely weak. But it was not because a portion of Xiezhi's power was drained from her. Rather, the reason was Olga’s power of disease, which was eroding her organs one by one. It was only with Xiezhi's power that she managed to hang on. Still, the truth that death was the only possible outcome for her did not change.

She did not only have one or two diseases ravaging her body; there were countless of them. Because of that, it was impossible to save her with just some simple treatment.

“You…”

“Stand back and keep quiet.”

–Stop!!! Stop that!!! You coward!!!

“Coward? Stop making me laugh.”

Rinne was already beginning to run amok outside, but Olga failed to react properly. This was because its consciousness was preoccupied with Davey as it confronted him.

Olga was shocked when it realized what Davey was doing inside its body.

The high-ranking Malicious Spirits were powerful enough to rival the Ancient Dragons. Their strength was said to be on an entirely different level from that of the Malicious Spirits, which ranked from sixth to twelfth.

At that moment, Olga was trying to summon one.

Crossing dimensions and coming to this world was relatively easy for lower-ranking Malicious Spirits like Olga. But for higher-ranking Malicious Spirits, it was still difficult. It must be why Olga resorted to this method.

Olga devoured massive volumes of crude oil, intending to use the power that it could generate to summon the higher-ranking Malicious Spirit, which was its own lord and monarch. Judging from their actions, Davey could tell that Malicious Spirits believed everything would go smoothly according to their plan once higher-ranking Malicious Spirits were summoned.

Well, Davey shouldn't let their plan see the light of day, right?

So, he carefully installed several Mana Booms that carried huge amounts of condensed holy mana all over the huge summoning crack. Basically, what Davey did was similar to installing several TNT bombs around the spawning area.

Once done, Davey picked up Kouna, who was following him with immense difficulty, and immediately distanced themselves from the crack that was in space. Then he released his holy mana and said, “This young lamb demands your grace. Pay for the price.”

Just like that, Davey was able to create a simple sanctuary by only using a minuscule amount of holy mana.

"Even if you were to die, do not ever dare come out of this place," Davey said to Kouna, who was looking curiously at the divine sanctuary made of light, as he turned to look at the crack in space. Then he opened his title window and said, “There’s nothing better than this when it comes to preparation.”

“Again?”

“What do you mean by again? If it’s a good way, then I’ll use it again and again.”

Davey equipped the title Starbreaker, which was under the one-shot kill system. The title allowed him to instantly release the huge amounts of power he had accumulated and charged regularly. And now…

A smile stretched on his face as he created an oval ring that was spinning at breakneck speed.

“Welcome.”

Bzzt, bzzt, bzzt…

Oblivious to what was waiting for it outside, the higher-ranking Malicious Spirit slowly revealed itself.

“This is your first time in a minefield, right?”

The giant cow-like Minotaur’s eyes grew wide in surprise when it found Davey. However, even if it noticed Davey’s intention, it was already too late for it to respond. After all, the summoning had already started, and there was no way that the Malicious Spirit could go back to where it came from. Besides, it didn’t even have enough strength to do anything anyway.

‘So, you should behave and receive my punch.’

The head of the Malicious Spirit had emerged from the crack, and a special magic, which was remodeled from the Great Odin's signature explosion-type magic, flew straight toward it.

As if finally noticing that something weird was happening around it, the Malicious Spirit screamed, “What the hell?! Wait!!!”

But the bus had already left.

“What do you mean by wait, huh?”

BANG!!!

A huge explosion that could shake the heavens and earth occurred. Not only did it disintegrate Olga's gigantic body, but it also destroyed the upper body of the high-ranking Malicious Spirit that was emerging from the crack.

***

There were a total of twelve Malicious Spirits that dominated Earth, and all of them possessed powers that could rival Neltarid’s. One of them was stupid enough to die at the hands of the players of Alf Online, while five were killed by Davey. This feat, which he had accomplished in a short amount of time, was akin to cutting the Malicious Spirit’s power in half.

After all, if the higher-ranking ones were excluded, only one lower-ranking Malicious Spirit was left. And the only reason it was still alive was simply because it hadn’t appeared yet.

In the case of the Abyss, Overmind was hit with a homing, large-scale cosmic explosion. So, it was safe to say that the only decent powerhouses left on that side were Urd and Eclipse.

There were also Neltarid’s side of destruction and Thanatos, both of whom were considered to be Davey's greatest threats. But Davey never meant to use force to defeat them. His plan was to seal them away, making them unable to interfere with anything ever again.

Davey's chest puffed out in pride as he patiently waited for the Minotaur—which was now completely covered in blood—to fully emerge from the crack in the space that had been destroyed by the bombs.

It was admirable how the Minotaur was still able to survive despite getting attacked by several Mana Booms and the power of the Starbreaker title.

“Grrrrrrrr… You cowardly bastard,” the severely injured Minotaur growled, its will to fight blazing brightly as it released a fierce and overwhelming hostility toward Davey.

Unable to get back to her senses from the enormous explosion, Kouna could only lie on the ground and hold on tightly. Her weapon was destroyed, and she could no longer use her power. This left her with nothing to defend herself, and so she was actually more like a deadweight and a nuisance to Davey now. On top of that, she no longer had any will to fight. After getting exposed to the intense battle energy that the Malicious Spirit had unleashed, all she could do was shudder in terror.

For humans, the existence of a high-ranking Malicious Spirit was the source of overwhelming and unbearable terror. In fact, the mere sight of the high-ranking Malicious Spirit was enough to make them tremble in fear. But for Kouna, that fear had doubled. Why? Because even though she had excellent adaptability and outstanding physical talent, her mentality had not yet grown. Everything that had happened was still too much for a young girl like her to endure.

“Hey. Can you die quickly so that I can start cleaning up and hoarding all of the ores and resources in this place ?” Davey mocked the Minotaur as he gathered fist aura in both of his hands.

Then he charged straight at the Malicious Spirit that was running toward him.

Bang!!!

Looking like they were about to fight using brute force, their hands collided in an instant.

The Malicious Spirit then shouted confidently, “Hmph!!! Do you think you can stop me with brute strength alone?!”

Davey took a powerful step forward, and with a nonchalant tone, he replied, “Yes, that’s what I’m going to do.”

Davey had not yet undergone a complete Metamorphosis. That was why his body's growth had stopped, and he was only able to find and utilize a portion of the power that he had in the Hall of Heroes. In fact, the enormous power that Davey could show at the moment was all thanks to Goddess Freyja’s divine power and his demigod-level ability of interference after his spirit Metamorphosis.

Without those two, it would have been impossible for him to be at an advantage or even fight against high-ranking Malicious Spirits. Even so, Davey never regretted making that choice. After all, that was the best and most feasible method available to him at that moment.

Crack… Crack, crack!!!

“Hmph!!! Since you dared to fight me with brute force, then you should be prepared to be crushed to your death!!!”

Then, as if he wanted to press Davey to his death, the Minotaur increased the strength in its arms. The Minotaur was able to display such a strong and powerful force, even though its body was still in a mess and was suffering from severe injuries from the rebound of the attack it had received during its summoning.

Perserque, who could not understand why they had to fight recklessly with brute force, looked at Davey and said, “Davey, why do you have to fight so recklessly like this? You still haven’t undergone a complete Metamorphosis…”

“You should not be mistaken.”

It was true that Davey could not draw out all of the power he once had while he was in the Hall of Heroes because he had yet to complete his Metamorphosis. He also did not need to use brute force to deal with the Minotaur, exactly as Perserque had said. In fact, to take down this guy, Davey had to use all of his holy mana and press down on the Malicious Spirit in front of him all at once.

While he didn't need to do anything else since the explosion from earlier would be enough to kill Olga, this Malicious Spirit in front of him was different.

“There is no right way to become stronger.”

It did not matter what methods he used against a stronger opponent. What mattered were the results.

“Ugh?! What the hell?!”

Davey took a step toward the shocked Malicious Spirit and…

[Devil Ylgr’s Crowd Suppression]

[Shin Kick]

Crack!!!

With his feet reinforced with holy mana and a huge amount of elemental mana, he kicked the Minotaur in the shins and broke its bones.

Suffering from overwhelming pain, the Malicious Spirit lost its balance and collapsed.

Davey immediately let go of his opponent’s arms. Then he clenched his fists and raised his arms.

“You better grit your teeth.”

[Devil Ylgr’s Crowd Suppression]

[Poking the Eye]

Stab!!!

Davey punched one of the gigantic Minotaur’s eyes without any hesitation.

“Keuaaaaaaaack!!!”

An ear-piercing scream echoed around them.